Drake Hernandez

Mr. Hernandez is an economic consultant with extensive experience in energy and infrastructure-related disputes. He serves as an expert testifying witness in contested proceedings, providing economic and commercial context and quantifying damages resulting from contractual breaches, including valuations of physical assets. He has advised on complex disputes involving energy infrastructure and projects across the energy sector, including low-carbon fuels, natural gas, electric power, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and oil.

Mr. Hernandez also supports global clients as they develop strategies and evaluate investments within the energy and infrastructure sectors. His expertise lies in techno-commercial due diligence of energy and infrastructure projects, with a focus on cross-border projects. He assists clients in project valuation by analyzing market and regulatory trends to assess the economic and commercial aspects of a project’s contractual relationships. Corporations and investors engage him on matters pertaining to energy and infrastructure project commercialization, strategic and techno-commercial due diligence, and regulatory issues.

Apart from his work at CRA, Mr. Hernandez is also a senior fellow and member of the Global Research Council at the Tulane Energy Law & Policy Center within the Tulane Law School. Mr. Hernandez’s work has been published in Applied Energy, the Energy Law Journal, Utility Dive, and other commercial and academic journals. Drake regularly speaks both domestically and internationally on matters related to the regulation of low-carbon fuel infrastructure, low-carbon fuel market development, and energy system planning.